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August 8th, 2012

August 8, 2012

By

Russ Olivo

WOONSOCKET ‚Äď Budget constraints have forced the school district into consolidation mode, but Schools Supt. Giovanna Donoyan is looking for volunteers who are ready to rebuild a vibrant public school system.
The superintendent announced the effort to seat a five-year Strategic Planning Committee this week to set academic goals for the future of the school district.

August 8, 2012

By

Ernest A. Brown

NORTH SMITHFIELD ‚ÄĒ A 44-year-old resident was arrested Wednesday afternoon on domestic-violence charges involving him holding a gun to the head of his elderly mother.
Brian R. Mellor, of 1350 Pound Hill Rd., was arrested after his 71-year-old mother, Carol, who lives with him, went to the police station to report that he had put a gun to her head and threatened to kill her at around 9 a.m. Wednesday.
During a search of the Pound Hill Road home, police confiscated 21 weapons including numerous firearms and a crossbow, Chief Steven E. Reynolds said at an evening press conference.

August 8, 2012

Jeannette F. Guertin

WOONSOCKET- Jeannette F. Guertin, 84, of Fifth Ave., Woonsocket, died Tuesday at Oakland Grove Health Care Center. She was the loving wife of Francis X. Guertin. They were married on July 31, 1966.
Born in Woonsocket, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Florida (Laird) Lefebvre. She resided in Woonsocket for most of her life and lived in Blackstone for several years in her youth.

August 8, 2012

Anthony P. Anzalone, Jr.

BELLINGHAM- Anthony P. Anzalone, Jr., 73, of Bellingham, MA passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 with his loving family by his side. He was the beloved husband for 50 years of Irene L. (Falcone) Anzalone.
Born in Boston, MA on August 28, 1938, he was the son of the late Anthony P. and Josephine (Zappula), Sr.

August 7th

August 7, 2012

WOONSOCKET ‚ÄĒ Less than 48 hours after stunning the McCarthy Field crowds by earning the R.I. American Legion Baseball Tournament championship as the eighth seed, Navigant Post 85 co-coaches Buster Perrault and Jim Gauthier chose to conduct a low-key, elective practice at Renaud Field on Tuesday afternoon.
The skippers did so to ready their troops for the Northeast Regional American Legion Tournament, a double-elimination event slated to begin Thursday at The Ballpark in Old Orchard Beach, Me.

August 7, 2012

Tuesday may have been a rare day off for the PawSox, yet the baseball chatter never ceases ‚Ä¶

For the point of this exercise, let‚Äôs start with the definition of the word ‚Äúmanage‚ÄĚ ‚Äď to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship.
Or to take charge or care of represents another form of usage. Or, finally, someone in a position to manage conducts business by the following means ‚Äď to handle, direct, govern or control in action or use.

August 7, 2012

By

Russ Olivo

PROVIDENCE ‚Äď A Woonsocket man was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday for a 2007 rape that had police stumped until his DNA was collected over three years later, after he committed an unrelated crime.
Jason Nickerson, 31, was sentenced to 60 years in all, with 50 to serve on each of four counts of first-degree sexual assault and the balance suspended, the attorney general‚Äôs office said.

August 7, 2012

By

Russ Olivo

WOONSOCKET ‚Äď Fifth Avenue School has at least 10 outstanding fire code violations, including several serious ones that have been unresolved for years, fire officials say.
But Capt. Michael A. Morin, fire marshal for the Woonsocket Fire Department, stopped short of calling the school ‚Äúa fire trap,‚ÄĚ as Schools Supt. Giovanna Donoyan did recently.
‚ÄúThat‚Äôs her opinion, that‚Äôs fine,‚ÄĚ said Morin. ‚ÄúThere‚Äôs no inherent danger to life there. What there are, are code violations and there‚Äôs a process to get those corrected.‚ÄĚ

August 7, 2012

By

Ernest A. Brown

Woonsocket police officer Jason Berthelette looks back to see a North Smithfield police K-9 dog hot on his heels during an attack demonstration with North Smithfield K-9 police Lt. Jared Salinaro, during the National Night Out at River Island Park in Woonsocket Tuesday. The event, which takes place in cities and towns all over the country, is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) and co-sponsored locally by the Woonsocket Police Department and Woonsocket Safe Communities.

August 7, 2012

Cecile A. Cloutier

MANVILLE- Cecile A. Cloutier, 92, of Old River Rd., Manville, died Tuesday at Oakland Grove Health Center.
Born in Manville, she was a daughter of the late Romeo and Marie (Valois) Cloutier. She remained a lifelong resident of Manville.
She was a graduate of the former Hill Business College in Woonsocket.
Cecile was employed as an office manager at Rochambeau Worsted for 13 years and later worked for Westwood Corporation in Manville for over 20 years before retiring in 1985.